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ادمّ

Root: دم

Form: 4

Full Definition

ادمّIV He did what was bad, evil, abominable, or foul; syn. أَقْبَحَ and أَسَآءَ: (Lth, T: [see also 1, last sentence: in the K, also, and in the M, the sec. pers., أَدْمَمْتَ, is explained as meaning أَقْبَحْتَ الفِعْلَ, which is a pleonasm for أَقْبَحْتَ:]) or he had a child, or offspring, borne to him such as is termed دَمِيمٌ or قَبِيحٌ دَمِيمٌ in make.
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